History Main / DetailHoggingCover

* ''Disney/AliceInWonderland'' did this with the opening credits, showing art that showed a lot of detail not apparent in the film proper. One included the [[PimedOutDress overskirt on the queen's dress]] being [[PrettyInMink trimmed with ermine]] (which is reflected in merchandise and mascot costumes), when it looks like white piping in the movie.

This can also apply to comics when comparing the interior pages to the cover: The interior pages require the artist(s) to distribute their efforts across multiple panels, whereas the cover art is created separately, where the cover artist(s) can invest a greater amount of effort and detail.

* The 2003 ''StrawberryShortcake'' series. So much.

[[quoteright:240:[[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/belle_and_beast_stylized.jpg]]]]

--'''PlatypusComix''' explains how ''ScoobyDoo Meets {{Batman}}'' ([[http://img831.imageshack.us/i/wi24o8.jpg/sr=1 cover]]) made the Top 10 Video Sales Chart for five consecutive weeks.

* Even more so, the break between the art in many {{manga}} and their {{anime}} adaptations is huge. See anything by Oh! Great (''AirGear'', ''TenjouTenge'', etc.)

* Basically all Disney works have this.

* ''HappilyNEverAfter'' has a cover that's designed exactly as the film is. The sequel's cover however has the exact same design style as the first film while the animation of the film itself is on par with VideoBrinquedo.

* Lots of {{Omake}} art for {{Anime}} and {{Manga}}.
* Even more so, the break between the art in many {{Manga}} and their {{anime}} adaptations is huge. See anything by Oh! Great (AirGear, TenjouTenge, etc.)

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-->--'''PlatypusComix''' explains how ''ScoobyDoo Meets {{Batman}}'' ([[http://img831.imageshack.us/i/wi24o8.jpg/sr=1 cover]]) made the Top 10 Video Sales Chart for five consecutive weeks.

->''The video market is anarchic and not judged by reason, but by kids whose parents tell them "You can buy ONE video while we're here." Those kids rush and get the thing with the most appealing cover, despite what's coded on the DVD.''\\
-- '''PlatypusComix''' explains how ''ScoobyDoo Meets {{Batman}}'' ([[http://img831.imageshack.us/i/wi24o8.jpg/sr=1 cover]]) made the Top 10 Video Sales Chart for five consecutive weeks.

* ''Happily N'Ever After'' has a cover that's designed exactly as the film is. The sequel's cover however has the exact same design style as the first film while the animation of the film itself is on par with VideoBrinquedo.

* ''{{Recess}}'' has this on some of the covers of their videos and DVDs.

Compare ActionHoggingOpening, AnimationBump, LimitedAnimation, CoversAlwaysLie. Contrast MinimalisticCoverArt.

Compare ActionHoggingOpening, AnimationBump, LimitedAnimation, CoversAlwaysLie.

->''The video market is anarchic and not judged by reason, but by kids whose parents tell them "You can buy ONE video while we're here." Those kids rush and get the thing with the most appealing cover, despite what's coded on the DVD.''
-->--'''PlatypusComix''' explains how ''{{Scooby-Doo}} Meets {{Batman}}'' ([[http://img831.imageshack.us/i/wi24o8.jpg/sr=1 cover]]) made the Top 10 Video Sales Chart for five consecutive weeks.

Compare ActionHoggingOpening, AnimationBump, LimitedAnimation, CoversAlwaysLie.

* Even more so, the break between the art in many {{Manga}} and their [[{{Anime}} anime adaptations]] is huge. See anything by Oh! Great (AirGear, TenjouTenge, etc.)

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* Something similar happens to ComicBook covers. Many comic covers from the 1980s onward are basically ten years ahead of the interior in terms of color complexity.

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* Noted regarding print comic-books In-Universe in this installment of [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=557 Sequential Art]]. Although this may be more [[CoversAlwaysLie Covers Always Lie]].
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[[caption-width-right:240:Guess which one is actual footage?]]

[[caption-width-right:240:Guess which was used in the film?]]

In animated works, pictures by definition have to move, which means that too much detail can take more time to do, and [[UncannyValley could even make the animation look worse]] [[OffModel if there is a mistake]]. So detail is left out to make the animation smoother, even in the most well done animated works.

Covers, and other kinds of art that are not actually part of the works, don't have that problem. It's just one picture, so they can look more stylized and complex.

Take the page picture, where the top part is a frame from the movie, and the bottom is that same scene redrawn for inclusion in TheMerch.

This also might apply to comics, given that the artist has to draw multiple pictures, and thus give them less detail, while if the cover and extra art is either done later, or by a different person, those pictures get more detail.

* The cover of SoBadItsHorrible anime film ''SpaceThunderKids'' DVD contains rather high quality drawings of things that have nothing to do with the very sub-standard animation.

* Noted In-Universe in this installment of [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=557 Sequential Art]]

-->--'''PlatypusComix''' explains how ''{{Scooby-Doo}} Meets {{Batman}}'' (cover [[http://movie-shop.us/pictures/Scooby_Doo_Meets_Batman___small.jpg here]]) made the Top 10 Video Sales Chart for five consecutive weeks.

Compare ActionHoggingOpening, AnimationBump, LimitedAnimation. See also CoversAlwaysLie.

[[quoteright:240:[[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/belle_and_beast_stylized.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:240:Guess which was used in the film?]]

-->--'''PlatypusComix''' explains how ''{{Scooby-Doo}} Meets {{Batman}}'' made the Top 10 Video Sales Chart for five consecutive weeks.

[[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/belle_and_beast_stylized.jpg]]
[[caption-width:240:Guess which was used in the film?]]

In animated works, pictures have to move, which means that too much detail can take more time to do, and [[UncannyValley could even make the animation look worse]] [[OffModel if there is a mistake]]. So detail is left out to make the animation smoother, even in the most well done animated works.

* Basically all Disney works have this.
** The DisneyPrincess merchandise combines this with outright CostumePorn.

* A lot like video game box art and advertising, as long as it doesn't change the look enough to turn into CoversAlwaysLie.
* The 2003 StrawberryShortcake series. So much.

* The cover of SoBadItsHorrible anime film SpaceThunderKids DVD contains rather high quality drawings of things that have nothing to do with the very sub-standard animation.

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